Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES

(b. 11 October 1732 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 March 1771 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES was born 11 October 1732 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES was the child of Julien TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES and Louise-Catherine RAIMBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TROTTIER dit DESRUISSEAUX and Catherine LEFEBVRE (maternal) Pierre RAIMBAULT and Jeanne-Françoise SIMBLIN

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Amable married Marie-Charlotte GUILLEMIN 19 September 1763 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte GUILLEMIN was born 7 July 1747 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Charlotte died 16 April 1818 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Guillaume GUILLEMIN and Geneviève FOUCAULT.

Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES died 5 March 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Guillemin Marie-Charlotte

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Occupation

Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES was a Marchand.
A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

A Journey Through Time: Life as a Marchand in 18th Century New France

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES married

Marie-Charlotte GUILLEMIN-- Date: 19 September 1763 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte GUILLEMIN was the child of Guillaume GUILLEMIN and Geneviève FOUCAULT

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1732 Birth
11 October 1732
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Amable TROTTIER dit DESRIVIÈRES and Marie-Charlotte GUILLEMIN 19 September 1763, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 30 years old.